College Of Nursing

S.V.B.P Hospital, Meerut

Unit Plan
GNM second
year
Subject - Child
Health Nursing

Theory Hours
Unit Prescribed Allotted Learning Objectives
70
 Understand the concept
of child healthcare ,
trends & emerging
challenges for pediatric
I 05 nurses
 Describe the role of
pediatric nurse in clinics,
hospitals & community
Content
Introduction:
 Modern concept in child health care
 Trends in pediatric nursing
 Role of pediatric nurse in child care
 Emerging challenges,nursing process related to pediatric nursing
 Concept of preventivepediatric
 Vital statistics related to pediatrics as per the NRHS & GOI
 Growth & Development
 definition &principles,factors affecting growth & development,
techniques of assessment, plotting of growth chart
Infant:
 growth &development,healthpromotion,breast feeding
&weaning,immunization,infant& young child feeding

 Describe the normal Toddler:

II 15 growth & development  growth
0f children &development,nutritioncounselling,toilettraining,safety,prevention
accidents,play.
Preschoolers:
 growth & development day care centers role of parents in sex education
School age:
 growth &development,rest,sleep,physical exercise
&activity,dentalhealth,sex education
Adolescent:
 growth &development,adaptation to
puberty,menstrualhygiene,nutritionguidance,sexeducation,role of parents
health promotion of adolescents
 control of iron deficiency anemia(WIFS guidelines)

The sick child:

 Child reaction to hospital
 Effect of hospitalization on the family of child
 Role of nurse in helping child & family in coping with stress of hospitalizatio&
 Describe the role of nurse illness
in caring for a sick child Pediatric procedure:
 Develop skill in carrying  Preparation of child for diagnostic tests,collection of specimen
out nursing intervention  Calculation & administration of oral &parentral medication
while caring for  Procedures related to feeding
III 8
 pediatric age group  Katori& spoon
 Ryles tube & gastrostomy
 Procedures relating to elimination
 Enema
 Colostomy irrigation
 Administration &analysis of o2 concentration,steam inhalation,
nebulization
 Other procedures
 Pediatric resuscitation
 Surgical dressing

Disorders & health problems of child

 Infancy
 Failure to thrive
 Diarrhea& vomiting
 Childhood
 Describe the management  Communicable disease
of behavioral disorder &  Tonsilitis otitis media
common health problems  Child abuse
of children  Breath holding spasms
IV 06
 Demonstrate skills in  Enuresis,nailbiting,thumbsucking,somnambulism
prevention &implemention  PEM
of medical & nursing  Helminthic infection
management of  Bites & stings
behavioraldisoreder&  Pica
common health problems  Tics
 Adolescents
 Precocious puberty
 Gynecomastia
 Accidents,sports injury,
 Obesity & anorexia nervosa
 Juvenile deliquency
 Child with congenital disorder:
 Demonstrate skills in
providing comprehensive
nursing care to the
V 15
children having
congenital
defects/malformation
Etiology ,sign &symptoms,diagnosis,complications&medical,surgical& nursing
management of children with:
 Malformations of
CNS,cranialdeformity,spinabifida,hydrocephalus,cerebralpalsy,meningoco
 Skeletal defects,cleft lip & cleft palate
 GIT defects,fistula,anorectalmalformation,hernia
 Congenital hypertrophied pyloric stenosis
 Defects of genito urinary tract hypospadiasis&epispadiasis,extrophy of
bladder,phimosis&paraphimosis,cryptorchidism,polycystic kidney
 Sexual abnormalities,ambiguous genitalia
 Defects of cardio vascular system ,cyanotic &acynotic –TOF,transposition o
great vessles,TAPVC,ASD,VSD,coarction of aorta,PDA
 Orthopedic abnormalities—congenital talipusequinovarus,congenital
dislocation hips
 Chromosomal abnormalities
 Down syndrome,turner syndrome

Children with various disorder and disease:

Etiology& sign & symptoms ,complication prevention,medical,surgical, & nursin
management of
 Renal system
 Nephrotic syndrome
 Acute glomerulonephritis
 ARF &CRf

 Resp system
 URI & LRI
 Asthma,pneumonia
 GI system
 Intestinal obstruction
 Hirschsprung disease
 Malabsorption syndrome
  Inflammatory condition-
aapendicitis,meckelsdiverticulum,ulcerative colitis
 Worm infestion
 CVS system
 Rheumatic fever
 CCF
 Infective endocarditis
 Demonstrate skills in  Hematological system
providing comprehensive  Anemia
nursing care to children  Leukemia
VI 15 with various disorder &
 Thalassemia
disease
 Sickle cell anemia
 Thrombocytopenic purpura
 Neurological system
 Meningitis
 Encephalitis
 Convulsive disorder
 Cranio cerebral trauma
 Endocrine
 Pituitary disorder
 Hypo and hyperthyroidism
 Juvenile diabetes
 Adrenal disorder
 Development problem
 Handicapped children
 Mental retardation
 Dyslexia
 Hearing & vision impairment
 Other
 Fluid & electrolyte imbalance
 Burns
 Problem of locomotion
 Poliomyelitis
 Osteomyelitis
 Kyphosis,lordosis,scoliosis
 Fracture

Child welfare services
 Describe the various child
VII 06 welfare services provided
by governmental & non
governmental agencies
explain the ethical & legal
implication in pediatric
nursing
 Pre & post operative care of children undergoing surgery
 Child welfare services & agencies
 ICDS
 Mid day meal programe
 Balwadi,anganwadi
 Day care centres
 NPSP
 Law pertaining to pediatric to pediatric
 National child labor policy
 Child act
 Internationally accepted rights of the child
 Rehabilitation of delinquent &destitude children
 Adoption laws & services
 Adolescent health programe- menstrual hygiene,WIFSprograme, adolescent
safety programe